Today was our final meeting for the semester. Good luck with finals and enjoy your break!

ACLU-CC MINUTES
4 December 2012

Book Release of Greg Lukianoff’s Unlearning Liberty
- Took car to the book release; event was well-attended
- Discussed Pitzer speech code issues with Greg
- Planning to send Greg’s book to each of the 5C presidents, possibly bring Greg back to campus

Hot Coffee Movie Screening Debrief
- Well attended and popular

Code of the West Screening Tour
- Movie on medical marijuana and state/federal legal issues
- To be screened next semester, late January or early February

Technology Panel
- will start planning early next semester, screening to be held by end of next semester

Adjourn

ACLU-CC MINUTES
13 November 2012

Event Invitation: Book Release of Greg Lukianoff’s Unlearning Liberty
-Los Angeles Press Club, Thursday 29th, 7pm
-Registration required, let us know if you want to go!

Movie Screening: November 27th
- Hot Coffee screening on tort reform, use of non-disclosure agreements. See http://www.hotcoffeethemovie.com/default.asp
- November 27th, 7-9pm in Bauer Center, room TBD
+Miles will reserve room
- Aidan will be creating table tent design by Friday 11/16, Miles will be getting table tents approved/printing table tents this weekend for distribution next week.

Speech Code at Pitzer
- Discussions ongoing between faculty and students at Pitzer
- ACLU members will craft statement in support for release

Adjourn

ACLU-CC
MINUTES
30 October 2012

Speech Code at Pitzer
-Proposal on free speech-related language endorsed and approved by Pitzer Senate on Sunday 10/28
-Proposal was referred to the College Council Meeting, which is held in the Founders Room in McConnell Center on Thursday 11/1 at 4:15pm
+ The meeting is open to the general public. Jon Rice will be presenting.

Use of Social Media in ASCMC Campaigns
-Committee to review the use of social media and technology in ASCMC elections held its first meeting last week

Movie Screening
- Hot Coffee screening on tort reform, use of non-discloure agreements. See http://www.hotcoffeethemovie.com/default.asp
- November 27th date for screening
- Some Crust cookies will be provided.

Adjourn

ACLU-CC
MINUTES
9 October 2012
Speech Code at Pitzer

- Sebastian Aguiar and Jon Rice are proposing new free speech-related language for three Pitzer policies at the next College Council meeting, including:
+ changing the posting policy from allowing the Office of Student Affairs to take down “offensive” posters to simply reminding posters to be in good taste
+ changing the internet usage policy from not allowing “offensive” uses to only preventing unlawful activities
+ adding a line to the bias related incident policy to reflect the possibility that some bias related incidents may consistent of legally protected speech

- FIRE advised on language changes

Adjourn

ACLU-CC
MINUTES

16 October 2012

Speech Code at Pitzer
- Work continues on free-speech related changes to Pitzer’s speech code
- Waiting to hear back from FIRE on some potential changes to the proposed language
- Student Senate at Pitzer has been informed of the potential changes
- Changes will be brought forward at the next College Council meeting

New Free Speech Book
- Greg Lukianoff, President of FIRE, has released a new book Unlearning Liberty Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate
+ http://www.amazon.com/Unlearning-Liberty-Campus-Censorship-American/dp/1594036357

Adjourn

I. Introductions

II. Ideas for Events and Campaigns for the Semester:

· Voter ID Laws – documentary showing or speaker timed with the election?

· Technology Panel – will discuss at next meeting when Jon is present.

· Pitzer Speech and Alcohol Policy

o Currently policy is ambiguous with the Pitzer Administration determining, often after the fact, what is permissible and what is not.

o Administration is open to discussion. Will continue to work on the issue

o Working to move Pitzer towards having a “green light” speech code rating from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.

Action Items:
Helenka – Look into documentaries on Voter ID Laws. Contact ACLU-SC for speaker ideas in area. Follow up with Sebastian on a Voter ID law speaker that the Monroe Center brought last year.

Sebastian and Aidan – Will continue to work on Pitzer Speech and Alcohol Policy and keep club updated.

This semester the ACLU-CC will meet regularly on Tuesdays at 8:00pm in Bauer 22 at CMC. Bauer is the big circular building to the east of CMC’s campus. If you are interested in being involved with the club, but cannot make the meeting time, just email info@aclu-cc.org and we’ll be sure to keep you in the loop. It is definitely possible to be involved with the club, even if you cannot make the regular meeting time.

Gender Neutral Housing:
- Will present to Senate tonight and receive comments/feedback
- Waiting on the proposal to come back from DOS with changes
- Determine whether or not the proposal will need Board of Trustees approval
- Have Senate vote on it next week
- Statements of support from other clubs, RAs, etc

Introductions
Follow-ups from last week:
Aidan sent out a Google Doc with a letter about technology/privacy panel discussion. We will edit via Google Docs.
Possible dates: Beginning of March, to give appropriate planning time for speakers.
LEAP: End of March, any time after Spring Break
Death penalty: Have Gloria Killian come back and speak?
Motion to adjourn
Adjournment

Introductions
Updates from Miles:
GN Housing – Meeting on Friday
Death Penalty Petition – need 50,000 more signatures. Work with Democrats of the CCs.
Panel discussion on technology & privacy – Aidan will write up paragraph on what we want, send it to relevant bodies. SOPA, Megaupload? Facebook and timeline.
Speaker from LEAP
Figure out dates at the next meeting.
Do we want to do a follow-up on the Frary Dining Hall issue?
Motion to adjourn
Adjournment

Addendum: Miles spoke with Shane from the ACLU of Southern California. He will send us information on a training session on the 29th.

Glenn Greenwald, the popular civil liberties-oriented political commentator at Salon, gave a talk at CMC on November 4th. Greenwald’s new book is With Liberty and Justice for All. The topic of the book and of Greenwald’s talk at the Athenaeum is the two-tiered justice system in the United States whereby powerful “elites” like bankers and politicians are immune from prosecution for torture, wiretapping and foreclosure fraud, while millions of ordinary Americans — the highest rate of per capita imprisonment anywhere in the world — face long jail terms for minor offenses.

Greenwald’s talk was cosponsored by the ACLU of the Claremont Colleges.

ACLU-CC Director Miles Lifson CMC '13, second from left, and Deputy Director Jeremy B. Merrill CMC '12, first from right, eat lunch with Glenn Greenwald prior to his talk at CMC's Athenaeum. (Courtesy MadhouseMuse)